SASD to hold a town hall meeting Wednesday

The Souderton Area School District is holding a town hall meeting Wednesday evening to present a comprehensive look at how students are doing academically, socially and emotionally, with an emphasis on the results of Souderton schools in Pennsylvania’s new school ranking system, called the School Performance Profile.

The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in Souderton Area High School’s auditorium and is expected to be about 45 minutes.

“The most important thing we do is teach children, and taxpayers, parents and the community should know the results of what we do and how their tax dollars are supporting it,” Superintendent Frank Gallagher said.

The School Performance Profile, released to the public last month, gives every traditional public school, charter school, cyber charter school and full-time career and technology center in the state a profile score, based on standardized test results, academic growth and other factors, including attendance and graduation rates.

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The profiles can be found at paschoolperformance.org. The scores are based on 100 points and can be viewed as academic grades.

The School Performance Profile gives Title 1 schools, which are those with a large percentage of students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, an additional designation marking their achievement, or progress.

Of Souderton’s six elementary schools, three (E.M. Crouthamel, Franconia and West Broad) are Title 1 schools, and all three achieved the designation of Reward — High Progress, meaning they are among the top 5 percent of Title 1 schools in Pennsylvania.

Indian Crest Middle School scored 86.4, and Indian Valley Middle School scored 90.7. The high school scored 93.7.

The presentation, which will be conducted by Gallagher and Maryellen Brosseau, curriculum director for the district, will go above and beyond the School Performance Profiles, Gallagher said.

It will also include comprehensive data points reflecting information such as PSSA scores, SAT results, college acceptance rates and parcicipation in extra-curricular and co-cirricular activities, he said. Not only will the successes be touted, areas that need improvement will also be discussed.

IF YOU GO

What: School Performance Profile Town Meeting

When: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13

Where: Souderton Area High School auditorium

Why: To show parents and taxpayers how Souderton Area School District students are performing academically, socially and emotionally.